The Freshwater Biodiversity Unit of IUCN Species Programme and the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, with the support of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN), are organizing a workshop to discuss and validate Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in South-Eastern Mediterranean. The workshop will be held in Azraq Wetland Reserve (Jordan) from 2 to 6 December 2013, and a dozen of experts coming from various Mediterranean countries will gather for the occasion.

The results will provide the foundation for creation of a representative protected areas network for freshwater species, as well as will provide information on important sites for freshwater biodiversity for decision makers involved in the conservation and sustainable management of freshwater biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin Biodiversity Hotspot.